Shipped Away, 2013, ink on paper, 56 X 77 cm (Sold)
Thank you Image Ark Gallery for supporting my art. Your investment is my playground.
Next exhibition of my art will take place at Liljevalchs Spring salon 2014. Opening on 24th of January. Stay tuned for details.
While in Nepal for my exhibition “Mark my Words” at Image Ark Gallery I also got the chance to meet some amazing and talented artists. Especially Sadhu-X aka Aditya Aryal and Deadline aka Shraddha Shresta from the art collective Artlab who I did a collaboration with (see below). I am also very grateful and honored of having them as opening speakers at my exhibition. Big up for the sweet words. Also, thank you very much for sharing everything with me about your work and the art scene in Nepal. I really hope that our paths will cross in a near future. For those of you not familiar with the urban art scene in Nepal I suggest you to check out their work. They got some sweet skills and good hearts. Below you will also find some random shots from the Artlab studio. But first our little collaboration in the streets of Kathmandu. check it.
Cap and Sadhu-X opposite the National stadium
Cap and Sadhu-X collab on unknown street of Kathmandu
Sadhu-X in action, Street unknown
Artlab studio
Artlab doodle
Artlab studio
Tattoo machine/satellite detail of above piece
various pieces from Artlab studio. I got myself some screen prints from the collection in the lower part of the photo!
You are all cordially invited the our art discussion:
URBAN ART: THE MERGING OF ART IN
THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERES
at
Image Ark Gallery
Thursday 31 October at 5:30 pm
Kulimha tole, Patan
Urban Art is a steady growing form of artistic expression. Rooted in Graffiti and Street Art, it has now expanded to a wide range of techniques and art forms found in most parts of the world. The common factor defining Urban Art is the city: Colors, shapes and the physical structure of the city together with the everyday life and the vibrations of the people living in, create the foundation for what is known as Urban Art.
Urban Art, usually in the public sphere is step-by-step getting access to the private sphere, such as art galleries, homes or the commercial sector. This conversation will focus on the transition of Urban Art from the public to the private spheres.
Casper Johansson, fulltime artist, lived and worked in Burma for 6 years. He will share with Shradda Shrestha, aka Deadline, and Aditya Aryal, aka SadhuX, his experience, technique, and process of creation. Together, they will explore on how this technique can be inspiring while creating a debate on today’s society.
Join us and get updates at the Facebook eventpage. Welcome!
Also, according to Fr!day Events and Entertainment weekly magazine my exhibition “Mark my Words” came Top 3 on the weekly events. The blurb was published in issue 191 on 16th October 2013.
Thank you for the support.
Thank you very much for showing up at the opening of my exhibition “Mark my Word” at Image Ark Gallery the other day. A special big up to Aditya Aryal aka Sadhu-X and Shraddha Shresta aka Deadline for the kind words at the opening. I really am looking forward to further collaboration in the future. I had a blast and it means everything to me. You should really check out the work of Sadhu-X and Deadline and their work with Artlab. An artistic group of people which have the purpose of creating a meeting point for emerging urban artists in Nepal. Great stuff. While on the subject have a look and follow the Prasad project of portraying local heroes in the streets of Kathmandu.
As this is a continuation of the exhibition “A thousand words say more than a picture” I only displayed a few new works at this show. Have a look below and let me know what you think. Previous work you will find on the main page.
Undisciplined tribe I-III (triptic), 2013, ink stamped on paper, 56 X 77 cm
Cash is Queen, 2013, ink stamped on paper, 56 X 77 cm
The Change (Saturday night fever version), 2013, ink stamped on paper, 56 X 77 cm
Bay of (Bengal) watch, 2013, ink stamped on paper, 56 X 77 cm
The exhibition will be open until 29th of November at Image Ark Gallery.
Kulimha tole, Ward no. 9 – Lalitpur, Nepal
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If you are in the area please come have a look at my latest work. Respect.
You are all cordially invited to my upcoming solo exhibition titled Mark my Words at Gallery Image Ark in Kathmandu, Nepal. The opening will be held on Sunday the 27th of October at 5:30 p.m. The gallery is located at Kulimha Tole, Ward No.9, Lalitpur. My work will be displayed at the gallery until 29th of November. Welcome.
Here are some few word about my exhibition.
Manipulated images, fractions of a context and repetition of words thousands of times – and you start to get the whole picture. The exhibition Mark my words at Image Ark Gallery tells stories of everyday struggles in a rapidly changing society. It is an extract of endless conversations, visualized with words, where the perception of the image conflicts with the message. The result is an illustrated debate where images, words and symbols coexist. With inkpads and alphabetic rubber stamps, using multiple layered stencils, Casper’s art can be defined as ‘retouched realism’. Silent shouts embedded in elements of hope, struggle and resistance.
Mark my words is a prolonged testimony of the transformation in Myanmar/Burma and an extension of the exhibition A thousand words says more than a picture.
For updated and further details pls join us on our facebook event.
My exhibition was also covered in today’s issue of The Kathmandu Post both in the printed and the epaper version
Beside from being an art gallery, Image Ark is also a creative studio. In their own words “We are a team of communication professionals and artists whose objective is to find effective and modern solutions for our clients’ communication needs. We share a passion for original, meaningful and contemporary communication through graphic design, photography, film production and interactive web design”. If you have the chance you should definitely go visit the gallery/studio. For inquiries they can be reached here.
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